Wikipedia:Peer review/Storm Area 51/archive1

Storm Area 51


I've listed this article for peer review because I've edited the text of the article to better reflect its sources, I've uploaded images to Commons that I took of the event, and placed them in the article itself. I would like other editors to chime in with suggestions on further improvements, areas needing polish, and any additions needed. I'd like to improve this article until it's featured article worthy.

Thanks, RobotGoggles (talk) 03:07, 30 April 2021 (UTC)


 * STANDARD NOTE: I have added this PR to the Template:FAC peer review sidebar to get quicker and more responses. When this PR is closed, please remove it from the list. Also, consider adding the sidebar to your userpage to help others discover pre-FAC PRs, and please review other articles in that template. Thanks! Z1720 (talk) 20:56, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Comments from Z1720
Thank you for your patience in waiting for a review of your article,. Here are some comments below. I suggest that you review some articles at WP:FAC before nominating an article there; this helps you understand the FA criteria and builds goodwill among editors, making it more likely that your article will be reviewed. Here are some comments below:


 * "and disavowed responsibility for any casualties had there been any actual attempt to raid the military base." -> "and disavowed responsibility for potential casualties if there was an attempt to raid the military base."
 * "On the day of the event, only about 150 people were reported to have shown up at the two entrances to Area 51," -> "On the day of the event, about 150 people were reported to have gathered at the two entrances to Area 51,"
 * "The facility is kept highly classified, protected from unauthorized entry by warning signs" Replace the first comma with "and"
 * "and unexpectedly went viral." wikilink viral
 * "topics like means of breaking into Area 51." replace means with ways
 * "The town of Rachel posted a caution on its website," Wikilink Rachel here, remove the wikilink in the business section.
 * "people were reported to be showing up and camping around Rachel in preparation for the raid." replace "showing up" with "arriving". Showed up is generally unencyclopedic language and should be removed from the article.
 * "1,500 people showed up at the festivals," Replace "showed up" with "attended"
 * Ref 22 (Know your Meme) is considered unreliable on Wikipedia and will probably be rejected at FAC.
 * Formatting of references needs to be standardized. The date of the news article source should probably be in brackets after the author, as that is what is present in most of the references.
 * The article uses very few sources. Although that will not disqualify the article for FA status, it will its success more difficult as editors will question whether it comprehensively addresses every aspect of the event. More sources can be found at WP:LIBRARY, Google Books, Google News, and Google Scholar.

Those are all my comments! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Z1720 (talk) 16:29, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * want to make sure that you saw these comments. Z1720 (talk) 15:03, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, User:Z1720, I saw them and thank you so much for your feedback. I'm busy with irl stuff so I haven't been able to implement any of your suggestions yet. RobotGoggles (talk) 16:28, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * There's no rush to complete corrections; Wikipedia is a volunteer service, I just wanted to make sure this PR was not abandoned. Z1720 (talk) 16:32, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Comments from SRich32977
I've done some copy edits and added editor comments. However, I do not see how this article fits into WP:FACRITERIA. It is a somewhat interesting event that is WP:NOTEWORTHY, but not distinguished. – S. Rich (talk) 04:06, 13 August 2021 (UTC)